Caroline Ellison, who dated Bankman-Fried for ‘a couple of years’, tells court that he ‘directed me to commit these crimes’
On the fifth day of Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial, the prosecution’s star witness named the FTX founder as the ringleader of the $10bn fraud at the cryptocurrency exchange and its associated hedge fund.
“While you were working at Alameda, did you commit any crimes?” a prosecutor asked Caroline Ellison.
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